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the mal ability of thomas jefferson. the politics of memory, that is what we are talking about. and jefferson can be adopted by the new deal liberals, by the reagan conservatives and by libertarian activist. the quintessential individualist when timothy mcveigh blew up the federal building in a coma city he had that unfortunate jefferson quote about the tree of liberty needing to be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants on his t-shirt. campaigning for the republican nomination in 2012, newt gingrich responds to a voter's question about legalizing weed [inaudible] so talk about updating the founders with a precise historical evidence to do that. and jefferson was cited by eleanor roosevelt frequently generally in favor of investment in public education and jefferson was literally ahead of its time when it came to that. democracy cannot function without an educated electorate and eleanor roosevelt liked that one. he has been cited in favor of of the gold standard and by jesse helms in opposition to the payment o
the mal ability of thomas jefferson. the politics of memory, that is what we are talking about. and jefferson can be adopted by the new deal liberals, by the reagan conservatives and by libertarian activist. the quintessential individualist when timothy mcveigh blew up the federal building in a coma city he had that unfortunate jefferson quote about the tree of liberty needing to be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants on his t-shirt. campaigning for the republican nomination in...
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thomas jefferson. and they can claim him as you will see for whatever ideological position that they want to embrace your we have the subtitle of the book how thomas jefferson became an fdr liberal a reagan republican, and a tea party fanatic it all the while being dead. [laughter] thank you. [applause] >> thank you steve and books and books and thank you to that lovely young lady. so. we forget the language of american democracy? .. well i'm not giving anything away by saying that the left is a known jefferson and in the right doesn't own jefferson. the past owns jefferson. every nation needs ennobling national creation story. thomas jefferson is indispensable to ours. i think it is not a scientific measure of anything, but you can learn something by taking note of the cabinet room in the white house where the president meets with his cabinet. and i thought that over the years to look at early photographs and read stories in "the new york times," every four years when a new president comes into office
thomas jefferson. and they can claim him as you will see for whatever ideological position that they want to embrace your we have the subtitle of the book how thomas jefferson became an fdr liberal a reagan republican, and a tea party fanatic it all the while being dead. [laughter] thank you. [applause] >> thank you steve and books and books and thank you to that lovely young lady. so. we forget the language of american democracy? .. well i'm not giving anything away by saying that the...
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the conflict between george washington and thomas jefferson? most americans are unaware that such a thing ever existed. but little has been written about the differences that have developed. martha washington told the visiting congressman the two worst days of her life for the day george died and the david thomas jefferson came to pay his condolences. [laughter] and little doubt. she also knew that jefferson's dislike of washington had become so intense he had avoided attending his funeral even though he was vice president at the time. ultimately they became enemies. james madison's brilliant political theorizing on the admiration and was forced to choose between these two tall antagonists. during the eight-year struggle around independence independence washington became a man who lives to live dangerously. that phrase hit me in the head as i began the book and sums up so much. military defeat and attempted the trails of fellow revolutionaries rose to worldwide fame. he crowned this by rejecting pleas to _-dash the bankrupt middle congress and
the conflict between george washington and thomas jefferson? most americans are unaware that such a thing ever existed. but little has been written about the differences that have developed. martha washington told the visiting congressman the two worst days of her life for the day george died and the david thomas jefferson came to pay his condolences. [laughter] and little doubt. she also knew that jefferson's dislike of washington had become so intense he had avoided attending his funeral even...
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and andy also is on the advisory board of the papers of thomas jefferson at princeton. he has written numerous books on early american political culture, but his new book is different. this book is about the many ways in our contemporary society although we start with fdr but it's about the curious, humorous and at times pathetic ways that modern politicians and public figures atop to manipulate thomas jefferson. and they can claim him as you will see for whatever ideological position that they want to embrace your we have the subtitle of the book how thomas jefferson became an fdr liberal a reagan republican, and a tea party fanatic it all the while being dead. [laughter] thank you. [applause] >> thank you steve and books and books and thank you to that lovely young lady. so. we forget the language of american democracy? ..
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jefferson was the philosopher of the movement in you don't necessarily call him yoda that he is the glue that holds together with these interests and they ultimately wanted the constitution. talk about that. >> it could have made for a nice merchandise opportunity. >> next time i will have to look at that. >> there was a fairly well-known conflict between the big states and small states. the big states wanted to make sure that their population was reflected in congress and they said yes but we are equally sovereign. we don't want our votes is followed up by the more populated states. >> even after they reached the compromise, they said okay we will have two houses in congress. we will have the senate where they are represented according to the population. even after that happened, there were still dead walks. they couldn't get to an agreement and the benjamin franklin came up with an idea to sweeten the deal would make clear any bill or raising revenue that includes new taxes has to start in the house of representatives. and i tell the story of that in the book and explained why tha
jefferson was the philosopher of the movement in you don't necessarily call him yoda that he is the glue that holds together with these interests and they ultimately wanted the constitution. talk about that. >> it could have made for a nice merchandise opportunity. >> next time i will have to look at that. >> there was a fairly well-known conflict between the big states and small states. the big states wanted to make sure that their population was reflected in congress and...
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jefferson was the philosopher of our founding movements and ben franklin was kind of like yoda. we didn't necessarily call him that but we suggest that he is the glue that hold together these disparate interests and what led to the constitution. >> it could have made for a nice merchandising opportunity. but yes, he did save it. and so there was this big well-known conflict between the big states and the small states and the big states wanted to make sure that their population was reflected in the small states said yes, but we are equally sovereign. and it we don't want our votes swallowed up. even after they reached a compromise they said okay we are going to have to have a conference. and they still couldn't get to an agreement and he said to sweeten the deal let's make clear that any bill for raising revenue for any bill that includes a new situation that it follows this. and i have explained that. >> the idea that it should be particularly relevant as we struggle with the perspective problems created by obamacare. can you explain a why we should care about benjamin franklin
jefferson was the philosopher of our founding movements and ben franklin was kind of like yoda. we didn't necessarily call him that but we suggest that he is the glue that hold together these disparate interests and what led to the constitution. >> it could have made for a nice merchandising opportunity. but yes, he did save it. and so there was this big well-known conflict between the big states and the small states and the big states wanted to make sure that their population was...
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jefferson was the philosopher of the movement, benjamin franklin washe yoda. of you don't necessarily callthe him moveme yoda that you suggest he is the glue that holds together all of these disparate interests and all of theyoda fighting factions that often lead to the constitution. talk about that spirit i wish i had referred to him as yoda. and could've made for a nicetitution. merchandising opportunity. next time i'll have to remember that with the next publication or the sql. timel but he did save it. at that. there was this big fairly well-known conflict in gaza to convention between the big states and the small states. that big states wanted to make and sure that their population was reflected in congress. and the small states said yesected but we are equally sovereign. and we don't want our votesequa blown up by the more populated states. even after they reached aer by the re compromise that said okay, we'll have two houses in congress, will have a senate where the states are represented equally and the house of representatives what do we represent acc
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jefferson was the philosopher of our founding movement ben franklin was -- and you don't necessarily call him yoda but he suggested he is the glue that pulled together all of these disparate interests and all of the fighting factions that led to the constitution. talk about that a little bit. >> i actually wish i would have referred to ms yoda. it could have made for merchandising -- next time i will have true member that with the sequel. but he did save it so there was this big fairly well-known conflict between the big states and the small states. the big states wanted to make sure that their population was reflected in congress and the small states said yeah but we are equally sovereign and we don't want our votes swallowed up by the more populated states. even after they reached a compromise they said okay we are going to have two houses of congress. we will have a senate where the states are represented equally in the house of representatives will be represent according to population even if that happened they were still deadlocked. they still couldn't get to an agreement until
jefferson was the philosopher of our founding movement ben franklin was -- and you don't necessarily call him yoda but he suggested he is the glue that pulled together all of these disparate interests and all of the fighting factions that led to the constitution. talk about that a little bit. >> i actually wish i would have referred to ms yoda. it could have made for merchandising -- next time i will have true member that with the sequel. but he did save it so there was this big fairly...
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thomas jefferson himself a distinguished scientist once spoke of a brotherly spirit of science which unites into one family all its -- whatever grade andover widely dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe. fdr died the day before he was to give the speech. germany surrendered may 8 1945 and stalin had promised at the art, three months to the day after the surrender of germany the soviet union declared war on japan. on august 9 1 million soviet troops poured over the border into manchuria. but later that same day the second atom bomb annihilated not the sake. two atomic bombs -- nagasaki. stunned japan. several days later, japan surrendered. most americans mesmerized by the force of the atom bomb believed that america was held responsible for the japanese capitulation to the japanese and the russians know differently. it didn't help when truman gave his victory speech in september without mentioning russian participation. i don't like to throw in an interesting but little known fact. before the war the soviet union and the united states were roughly the same size in t
thomas jefferson himself a distinguished scientist once spoke of a brotherly spirit of science which unites into one family all its -- whatever grade andover widely dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe. fdr died the day before he was to give the speech. germany surrendered may 8 1945 and stalin had promised at the art, three months to the day after the surrender of germany the soviet union declared war on japan. on august 9 1 million soviet troops poured over the border into...
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>> guest: very close to thomas jefferson. obviously he's much younger he's a protÉgÉ and succeeds him as ambassador to paris with a particularly it goes back to something we've been talking about on this show is the belief that an educated person should love science, love the art live music, should understand electricity and plans and everything else and that was the enlightenment the period in which after the walls of science into statecraft and how you live your life came together. one big difference jefferson writes the first draft of the declaration but there's a committee to help them out. the jefferson writes legal of these truths to be sacred. it is self-evident and this notion of science that there are certain logical ways to come from rationality and reason and not to dictate the particular reason but it goes on with certain unalienable rights you see that by the creators of balancing the role of the providence with the right-hand rationality and reason and that's to me you can see the mind of benjamin franklin and
>> guest: very close to thomas jefferson. obviously he's much younger he's a protÉgÉ and succeeds him as ambassador to paris with a particularly it goes back to something we've been talking about on this show is the belief that an educated person should love science, love the art live music, should understand electricity and plans and everything else and that was the enlightenment the period in which after the walls of science into statecraft and how you live your life came together....
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it's thomas jefferson's birthday from an appropriate day for us to be having this discussion. so i want to -- >> we are not going to ask you to resolve this year. >> let me take a step back. hobby lobby, although often portrayed in the press as the case brought under the first amendment it was actually brought under a statute. that was enacted and 93. one of the great political come by our moments for people on the left and the right all came together to support legislation cosponsored by ted kennedy and orrin hatch. pressing clinton talked about the proverbial divine intervention to bring these people together. the premise of the religious freedom restoration act was that there are some cases in which a combination should be made for people's religious beliefs often people's people's religious practices so that even if the law on no space did not it's discriminate on the basis of religion there are some cases where greater exemption should be provided for instance muslims. to wear a beard or to the extent there are requirements of autopsies were not violate someone religious
it's thomas jefferson's birthday from an appropriate day for us to be having this discussion. so i want to -- >> we are not going to ask you to resolve this year. >> let me take a step back. hobby lobby, although often portrayed in the press as the case brought under the first amendment it was actually brought under a statute. that was enacted and 93. one of the great political come by our moments for people on the left and the right all came together to support legislation...
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by contrast thomas jefferson described the first amendment as a erecting a wall of separation between church and state. in anderson versus the board of education the supreme court quoted jefferson's words urging this wall must be high and impregnable. lemmon against kirkman however the court recognized that some relationship between government and religious organizations is inevitable adding that the line of separation far from being a wall is a blurred indistinct and variable barrier depending on all the circumstances of a particular relationship. the first president george washington articulated an additional approach in his famed letter to the toreau synagogue which is often cited as basis for the concept of religious pluralism a definition more inclusive and perhaps more appropriate in today's united states than the venerable term tolerance. washington said "it is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that enjoyed the exercise of their inherited natural rights per happily. the government of the united states which gives, which
by contrast thomas jefferson described the first amendment as a erecting a wall of separation between church and state. in anderson versus the board of education the supreme court quoted jefferson's words urging this wall must be high and impregnable. lemmon against kirkman however the court recognized that some relationship between government and religious organizations is inevitable adding that the line of separation far from being a wall is a blurred indistinct and variable barrier depending...
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it's jefferson's manual. the rules of the house were written by thomas jefferson. when he was vice president he was over the senate and he said what's my job? we need some rules something to go by. what did he do? he did a lot of r&d, not in a technical sense. he did rip off and duplicate. he went to parliament he took all of their roles and he wrote them down can even want they thought were so normal and everyone had written them down. so if you go back even the british go back to jefferson's menu to see a part of it was run in 1801 when he would rip often duplicated all of the impromptu car -- congress. those rules have been updated by precedent, and i'm fascinated by ruled as an engineering congress is like reading a programming manual. most people would fall asleep after half a page and i can get through about 10 pages 20 pages a day because i find it fascinating and to think there are some secret sauce there in the rules but if you can understand the rules i think you can get more done in congress. a lot of times you see people in the speaker's chair they're b
it's jefferson's manual. the rules of the house were written by thomas jefferson. when he was vice president he was over the senate and he said what's my job? we need some rules something to go by. what did he do? he did a lot of r&d, not in a technical sense. he did rip off and duplicate. he went to parliament he took all of their roles and he wrote them down can even want they thought were so normal and everyone had written them down. so if you go back even the british go back to...
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jefferson and john adams. the name-calling that went on was any in recent campaigns. of course that there were billions of dollars spent and tens of thousands of of negative television ads. so the impact wasn't what it was now. but it has always been tough and i thought it was very hard when i was in the senate. i could not imagine imagine it being any tougher. cover. but yet here it is much tougher. and so i hope that there will come a realization that while the leaders have an obligation to their parties and to the members that they have a higher obligation to our country and to the institution of the senate. and that it is possible in a responsible way as long as you remember. and the highest volume is the interest of the country. and there are many causes and i'm not a political scientist what i have learned in life is through trial and error and i would identify just a few of them in my mind. the first is that redistricting, thanks to technology now occurs and it was very precise. they had put up slides s
jefferson and john adams. the name-calling that went on was any in recent campaigns. of course that there were billions of dollars spent and tens of thousands of of negative television ads. so the impact wasn't what it was now. but it has always been tough and i thought it was very hard when i was in the senate. i could not imagine imagine it being any tougher. cover. but yet here it is much tougher. and so i hope that there will come a realization that while the leaders have an obligation to...
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jefferson and john adams they ran against each other. and the name-calling that went on is worse than any we have seen in many recent campaigns. and of course tens of thousands of negative television ads have been part of us. so the impact is not what it is now. but it's always been part of it. i thought that it was her a hard in the senate and i couldn't imagine it being tougher and yet here it is, much tougher. and i hope that there will come a realization that while the leaders have an obligation to their parties and the members of the caucus they have a higher obligation to the country and the institution of the senate. and that it is possible to balance those and discharge them in a responsible way as long as you remember the highest value is the interest of the country. there are many causes and i am not a political scientist. what i have learned in life is through trial and error. i would identify just a few of them in my mind. the first is redistricting thanks to technology now occurs in a manner that permits the drawing of congr
jefferson and john adams they ran against each other. and the name-calling that went on is worse than any we have seen in many recent campaigns. and of course tens of thousands of negative television ads have been part of us. so the impact is not what it is now. but it's always been part of it. i thought that it was her a hard in the senate and i couldn't imagine it being tougher and yet here it is, much tougher. and i hope that there will come a realization that while the leaders have an...
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jefferson and john adams they ran against each other. and the name-calling that went on is worse than any we have seen in many recent campaigns. and of course tens of thousands of negative television ads have been part of us. so the impact is not what it is now. but it's always been part of it. i thought that it was her a hard in the senate and i couldn't imagine it being tougher and yet here it is, much tougher. and i hope that there will come a realization that while the leaders have an obligation to their parties and the members of the caucus they have a higher obligation to the country and the institution of the senate. and that it is possible to balance those and discharge them in a responsible way as long as you remember the highest value is the interest of the country. there are many causes and i am not a political scientist. what i have learned in life is through trial and error. i would identify just a few of them in my mind. the first is redistricting thanks to technology now occurs in a manner that permits the drawing of congr
jefferson and john adams they ran against each other. and the name-calling that went on is worse than any we have seen in many recent campaigns. and of course tens of thousands of negative television ads have been part of us. so the impact is not what it is now. but it's always been part of it. i thought that it was her a hard in the senate and i couldn't imagine it being tougher and yet here it is, much tougher. and i hope that there will come a realization that while the leaders have an...
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a close friend of his head once subjected to a plan thomas jefferson had cooked up for madison to run for governor of virginia, madison's soul was replete with good gentleness, humanity and every social virtue end he was too amiable in his dispositions to bear against the torrents of abuse. madison was also raised by a father of strong but repressed emotions would describe vanity once as a vice i have always despised. his paternal grandfather was a slave master and a quite enterprising one and he was later at the height of his career setting of a real-estate empire in a plantation empire, he was murdered by a three slave, two of whom he owned in a conspiracy of poisoning scheme. in punishment for that plot the two slaves his grandfather owned were not put to death. . i argue in the book i suggest that that may have been the joy shall system's recognition of the brutality of his grandfather. this is part of what madison was raised in, recognize the brutality and inhumanity of some systems that came before him that he lived in. his mother was nurturing and smothering and left him with h
a close friend of his head once subjected to a plan thomas jefferson had cooked up for madison to run for governor of virginia, madison's soul was replete with good gentleness, humanity and every social virtue end he was too amiable in his dispositions to bear against the torrents of abuse. madison was also raised by a father of strong but repressed emotions would describe vanity once as a vice i have always despised. his paternal grandfather was a slave master and a quite enterprising one and...
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jefferson. he further opined that crisis helps though who can rise to it. and the association of war with presidential greatness has its ominous aspects. let's start with afghanistan. even the pope support ud us going into afghanistan. i showed my credentials to the holy father on 9/13 of 2001 at the palace. and we had prepared remarks to help me prepare. the first thing we did was said a little prayer for the victims and then talked. and i -- by then was able to give him a brief of what we thought, you know, the derivatives of what had happened were -- and he said to me, he said ambassador nicholson we must stop those people who were killing in the name of god. an that was not a privilege communication. so i was able to report that and put that out there and it really helped us in putting a coalition together to go into afghanistan. but the pope did see iraq differently. he expressed his opposition emphatically during his annual address in january of 2003. and he looked directly at me and said,
jefferson. he further opined that crisis helps though who can rise to it. and the association of war with presidential greatness has its ominous aspects. let's start with afghanistan. even the pope support ud us going into afghanistan. i showed my credentials to the holy father on 9/13 of 2001 at the palace. and we had prepared remarks to help me prepare. the first thing we did was said a little prayer for the victims and then talked. and i -- by then was able to give him a brief of what we...
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and there was john adams thomas jefferson. these people were instrumental in gaining support for american independence. i don't think we can point to diplomatic achievements of quite such a scope and magnitude as was accomplished more than two centuries ago. the support for our independence the expansion of our territory thereafter once we became a republic. i was speaking to a group of 600 lawyers last, this past saturday evening down in of all places bulk of raton florida where they were having their annual outing. and a lot of them were in the real estate department of law from and i said you guys just don't know anything about real estate deals. think about the louisiana purchase and think about the acquisition of florida where we are standing at this very moment, and think about stewart's folly, the $67 million purchase of alaska. and again that is really quite incredible diplomacy. and likewise the diplomacy of abraham lincoln in helping to save our union with our fledgling or not so fledgling but you might say early adu
and there was john adams thomas jefferson. these people were instrumental in gaining support for american independence. i don't think we can point to diplomatic achievements of quite such a scope and magnitude as was accomplished more than two centuries ago. the support for our independence the expansion of our territory thereafter once we became a republic. i was speaking to a group of 600 lawyers last, this past saturday evening down in of all places bulk of raton florida where they were...
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thomas jefferson's declaration of independence would simply be an elegant latter and not a seminal founding document if it wasn't for the courage of he and his fellow revolutionaries who put not just their freedom but their lives on the line in the war against britain. the gettysburg address in your 272 words philpott to abu schoolchild 150 years after spoken to write great power from abraham lincoln's towering strength a strength that enabled him to stand behind those words, do what was right in free the slaves. stephen martin luther king's i a dream speech, perhaps the most important piece of american rhetoric in the 20th century would mean less if he didn't know he spent his entire life working each day to make that team a reality. as for mattered of course, but they mattered so much more because he lived them. it is not what you say, but what you do that will ultimately define your life. live with the understanding and knowing that your words matter far less than the actions you take and that those actions are the greatest window into the person you are. fourth whatever you do be great
thomas jefferson's declaration of independence would simply be an elegant latter and not a seminal founding document if it wasn't for the courage of he and his fellow revolutionaries who put not just their freedom but their lives on the line in the war against britain. the gettysburg address in your 272 words philpott to abu schoolchild 150 years after spoken to write great power from abraham lincoln's towering strength a strength that enabled him to stand behind those words, do what was right...
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thomas jefferson in one of the pinnacle works of his life, the virginia statute of religious freedom, states almighty god hath created the mind free and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint, that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens or by civil incapacity the nations to only beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness. with that backdrop, i've worked for two years with my colleagues to place language into the negotiating language of this trade bill to push our negotiators to consider religious liberty in their negotiations. i've been told over and over again we don't talk about religious freedom in our trade negotiations. i've just asked why not? we should encourage trade with another country when that country acknowledges our basic value of the dignity of every person to live their own faith. our nation is not just an economy. our nation is a set of ideas and values. we believe each person has value and worth that benefits every person from each nation in the trade agreement if we lead with our
thomas jefferson in one of the pinnacle works of his life, the virginia statute of religious freedom, states almighty god hath created the mind free and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint, that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens or by civil incapacity the nations to only beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness. with that backdrop, i've worked for two years with my colleagues to place language into...
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thomas jefferson wrote about the bill of rights. he said a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government and what no just government should refuse or rest on inference. i like the way he put it. a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government. it's a protection. jefferson also described the constitution as the chains of the constitution. the chains were to bind government and to prevent government from abusing its authority. when we have adhered to this, when we have paid strict attention to it, we have maximized our freedom. when we have let our guard down, when we have allowed our guard to stray away, when we have allowed the government to usurp authority to gain and grab and take more power it's been at the expense of freedom. i think we can be safe and have our freedom as well. i think we can obey the constitution and catch terrorists at the same time. i think in fact frankly strictly from a practical point of view, i think we gain more information by using the constituti
thomas jefferson wrote about the bill of rights. he said a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government and what no just government should refuse or rest on inference. i like the way he put it. a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government. it's a protection. jefferson also described the constitution as the chains of the constitution. the chains were to bind government and to prevent government from abusing its authority. when we have...
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jefferson around the end of the 19th century a split occurred not so much on principles of free speech and religious freedom but extending the of promises of the declaration of independence on the issue of economics. so we're still liberals but now we have to call ourselves classical liberals but still they agree on a lot of things although we talk more about what we disagree about. . .
jefferson around the end of the 19th century a split occurred not so much on principles of free speech and religious freedom but extending the of promises of the declaration of independence on the issue of economics. so we're still liberals but now we have to call ourselves classical liberals but still they agree on a lot of things although we talk more about what we disagree about. . .
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the rules of the house written by thomas jefferson. when he was vice president he was in the senate and said what is my job? we need something to go by so he did a lot of are indeed not a technical sense but rip-off and a duplicate he went to parliament and take all of their rubles and wrote them down -- their rubles and broken-down to go back to see how parliament was run when he would rip-off and duplicate all of that obviously there has been updated and i am fascinated it is like reading of programming manual most people would fall asleep about half a page but i could get through 20 pages a day because i find it fascinating and there is some secrets in in the rules if you can understand the issue could get more done in congress. if you were in the speaker's chair you were handed a written notes that is the of parliamentarians telling them what is in order and if you work from the floor you would like to work with him and to compose music and if you understand the rules in a proper order then that gives influence which otherwise you
the rules of the house written by thomas jefferson. when he was vice president he was in the senate and said what is my job? we need something to go by so he did a lot of are indeed not a technical sense but rip-off and a duplicate he went to parliament and take all of their rubles and wrote them down -- their rubles and broken-down to go back to see how parliament was run when he would rip-off and duplicate all of that obviously there has been updated and i am fascinated it is like reading of...
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the rules of the house were written by thomas jefferson. when he was vice president he was over the senate and what is my job? we need something to go by so he put a lot of r&d like rip-off and duplicate he went to parliament the rules and broken-down so if you go back even the british goes back to see how parliament was run when he would ripoff in duplicate all of that to bring it to congress obviously they have been updated and annotated. i am fascinated by rules it is like reading a prodb55%9 i can get through about 10 pages per day because i find it fascinating but if you can understand the rules you will get more done in congress but with those handwritten notes it is the what, but sometimes he would like to work with them but to compose music instead of just reading it but if you understand the rules to formulate those notions then that gives you influence the otherwise would not have had . .
the rules of the house were written by thomas jefferson. when he was vice president he was over the senate and what is my job? we need something to go by so he put a lot of r&d like rip-off and duplicate he went to parliament the rules and broken-down so if you go back even the british goes back to see how parliament was run when he would ripoff in duplicate all of that to bring it to congress obviously they have been updated and annotated. i am fascinated by rules it is like reading a...
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jefferson to promote their respective political agendas.
jefferson to promote their respective political agendas.
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it was jefferson manual. the rules of the house were written by thomas jefferson. now when he was vice president he was over the senate and he said what's my job? we need something to go by so what does he do? he did a lot of r&d. not r&d in the technical sense. he did rip off and duplicate. he went to parliament and he took all of their rules and you broke them down, even the ones that they thought were so normal they had never written them down so pico back even the british go back to jefferson's manual to see how parliament was run in 1801 when he duplicated all of that impressed to congress press. obviously those rules have been updated and annotated by precedent and i'm fascinated by rules. as an engineer in congress is like reading a programming manual. most people would fall asleep after half a page. i can get through about 10 pages, 20 pages a day because i find it as mating and i think there is a secret sauce there in the rules. if you can understand the rules and then i think you can get more done in congress. a lot of times you see people in the speaker'
it was jefferson manual. the rules of the house were written by thomas jefferson. now when he was vice president he was over the senate and he said what's my job? we need something to go by so what does he do? he did a lot of r&d. not r&d in the technical sense. he did rip off and duplicate. he went to parliament and he took all of their rules and you broke them down, even the ones that they thought were so normal they had never written them down so pico back even the british go back to...